BerghoffEarthchef Montane Frying Pan, 12-Inch

The Berghoff seems well constructed. I have not tested it on a high technology stove, but it looks like it was built to work with one. In use it comes pretty close to Teflon in performance at Teflon's recommended operating temperatures, although just a little bit less non-stick than Teflon. So far it washes as easily as Teflon. The Berghoff can be used at temperatures that exceed Teflon's limits, although high heat may not be the best way to cook. There is no dedicated lid, although a Nordic Ware Restaurant 10 inch Brushed Stainless-Steel Lid fits pretty well. The bottom plate picks up some residue at high temp on my stove, but the exterior's durability seems confidence inspiring so far. Long term durability and functionality of the interior remains untested.Pasted below is a mini-diary of some comparisons:Stove is an ordinary, four-burner, electric coil stove.2/1/12Berghoff and Orgreenic treated with high-temp safflower oil, 25 minutes medium to medium-high heat.2/2/12Eggs, low-medium to medium heat. Light application of olive oil.Cooking: All required a spatula to flip.Farberware & Orgreenic tied.Berghoff slightly more sticky with thin bits on egg clinging to pan.Cleanup: Interiors of all easily cleaned up with soapy water and soft sponge, more easily than the nylon Good Cook spatula.Exteriors: The ceramic pans show some persistent residue from the previous seasoning. The metal exterior bottom of the Berghoff looks a little better than the gray exterior bottom of the Orgreenic, which is showing a lot of little chips.The metal bottom of the Farberware pan looks cleaner, probably because as a Teflon pan settings higher than medium are always avoided.2/4/12Eggs, cheddar cheese, sliced garlic, cayenne pepper. Between medium and medium-high heat. Light application of olive oil.Pans rotated between burners to try to equalize cooking temperature.Both required a spatula, but non-stick performance was about equally good for the Berghoff and Orgreenic. The Orgreenic seems to cook a little faster. The Farberware pan did not participate, because it is assumed it would probably be non-stick enough up to medium heat, but it should not be used above that setting.Cleanup: Interiors of both easily cleaned up with soapy water and soft sponge. The gray exterior bottom of the Orgreenic is showing more wear.2/5/12I gave both pans another treatment with safflower oil, this time at high heat. My burners smoke, but the oil does not.Light application of olive oil. Medium high setting. Farberware Teflon pan is excused from participating. Thin steak, no lids, add onions near end, add Salsa Brava. Orgreenic seems to cook a little faster again. Berghoff shows more stuck, cooked, meat juice residue.Cleanup: Although the Berghoff looks a little uglier going into the sink, interiors of both equally easily cleaned up with soapy water and soft sponge.Olive oil, potato slices (about ¼'thick), medium-high heat. Orgreenic seems to brown them faster than the Berghoff. Very non-stick with both pans.2/9/12Light application of olive oil. Medium high setting. Farberware Teflon pan is excused from participating. Thin pork loin, no lids. After meat removed, followed immediately by sliced potato. The Orgreenic seems to cook a little faster again, but it is producing more blackened residue, and it looks a little uglier than the Berghoff going into the sink. The Berghoff washes easily with soapy water and soft sponge. The Orgreenic mostly cleans well, but some traces of blackened residue are resistant. The rougher side of the sponge seems to clean it off okay.I reseasoned both pans at medium high with canola oil. Unlike the other oils, this one does smoke, more so with the Orgreenic pan, and canola has a rather foul, fishy odor at that temperature. It also seems to cook up a little patch of previously unseen brownish residue on the Orgreenic pan. After cooling, an application of the rough side of the sponge and hot water seems to remove it.2/10/12Sitram Profiserie 9½-Inch Stainless Steel Lid has arrived from Amazon.Gave both ceramic pans another treatment with safflower oil to help flush out any remaining canola oil.Light application of olive oil. Medium setting. Frying pan lids. Sunnyside up eggs, one each, all three pans.Both the Berghoff and the Orgreenic need a little bit of assistance from the spatula, but then slide easily. The Berghoff has a little bit more residue. The egg is able to slide on the Teflon Farberware pan without the spatula.Cleanup: Equally easy from this experiment. The Orgreenic is showing a tiny bit of persistent dark residue on the interior edge near the handle, probably from the previous experiment.Exteriors, bottom: The Farberware shows hardly any wear or residue. Both ceramic pans show some persistent residue, possibly caused by higher temperature experiments. The Orgreenic's plain bottom with the same finish as the sides is showing a lot of little scrapes.Measurements:Farberware Nonstick Aluminum Egg Poacher (with poacher and lid removed) has outside diameter of the lid lip of about 7 7/8 inches, nearly vertical sides 391gTelebrands (5827-6) 10" Orgreenic Frying Pan has outside diameter of about 10 inches, curved and sloped sides. 665gBergHOFF Earthchef 10.25" Montane Frying Pan has outside diameter of about 10 7/8 inches, curved and sloped sides. 973gLids: The Farberware has a dedicated glass lid.The RSVP Stainless Steel Universal Lid-7 to 12 Inch sits flat enough on either ceramic pan, but on each the angled handle forces it to be off-center.The Nordic Ware Restaurant 10 inch Brushed Stainless-Steel Lid fits well on the Berghoff, but the inner portion is too wide to sit well on the Orgreenic.Sitram Profiserie 9.5-Inch Stainless Steel Lid fits the Orgreenic pan. Not perfectly, a little bit wobbly, but best so far for this pan. If they made a 9 inch lid, it would probably be just right.

It started off really awesome and very non-stick. After a year of use, food stick to it just like any pan. Also, i have not found a way to condition it. I know it is teflon free and PFOA free but I wonder what chemical it used to give it the year or so of non-stickyness.

Tested twice by now.Works fine.Came with two spots of peeled nonstick layer on the pan walls.

Got this pan for my induction burner. Yes the base is 7inches but to me that was even better as my induction plate circumference is 7inches. Its teflon coating is great! Handle is well built and it is very strong. Yes, I agree with a previous reviewer who commented why this pan (8inch) has to cost twice as the 7inch. I wish it was cheaper and that Berghoff included a lid. Otherwise it is a professional level pan no doubt about that!

Was only non stick for first 6 weeks. Now it's awful and burns everything in the middle. Wish I had a refund and they had this non-stick sticking pan back

I was quite happily making fried eggs with almost no oil just minutes after getting this pan. Nothing stuck, and the pan was quite easy to clean with just a wet sponge once it cooled down. Just as easy as any PTFE-based pan I've used in the past. The pan itself is well-designed, and it works perfectly on my induction cooktop. (The first non-PTFE non-stick pan I've found that DOES do this successfully!)I've noticed that most of these non-PTFE pans get very good reviews at first, but often start breaking down within a few months. I'll be sure to edit my review after a while either way, to note whether the pan is failing or not, and adjust the rating if needed...Apr 30, 2012 edit: I've had the pan for about 6 months now. The non-stick coating is holding up quite well, in my opinion, though it does seem to have degraded slightly since it was new. I've noticed that small bits of food will occasionally stick...but these just wipe off with a sponge.My only complaint (as noted in the comments) is that the bottom does bulge a bit towards the center, so liquids pool around the edges somewhat...making it easier to burn things in the center if you're not attentive. I'm otherwise extremely happy with this pan, though!

As a lot of people are these days, I switched to this pan from my lovely All-Clad nonstick due to health reasons. No point in feeding my kids organic foods if they are being poisoned by Teflon chemicals. So...I was so hoping to love this pan like my All-Clad. I do a lot of high heat cooking. I needed a lid cause I like to brown and/or steam in my daily pan. I found a great lid for it Scanpan Classic Ceramic Titanium 14-Inch Stainless Cover that fit it perfectly. But...it has hot spots. It is higher in the middle so all the sauce runs to the edge and the middle of course burns. It doesn't retain the heat as well as All-Clad. It's not as good of nonstick so when the sauce thickens it sticks to the pan so my meat tends to turn out bland. I have to soak it to clean it. But it does not stick like regular stainless steel pans so I still use it everyday. I'm starting get used to the annoyance...but I still miss my All-Clad every time I use it. I got it super big cause I was hoping to do more of batch cooking. But since it doesn't retain heat as well, I end up cooking about the same amount of food on it as my previous 12 inch pan and spread it out more (and I have one of those super high heat gas stoves). So, either it's burning my food or my veggies are often swimming in the liquid. Yet, it's better than eating cancer causing chemical and it's better than stainless steel.

Posso finalmente scrivere una breve recensione su questa fantastica padella che utilizzo da oltre sei mesi e si presenta ancora nuova come al primo giorno. Ha una superficie interna rivestita in fernoceramic, materiale antiaderente e molto facile da pulire, il manico è in acciaio inossidabile ancorato alla padella in modo perfetto, solidissimo. Oltre al vantaggio dell’antiaderenza, con questo speciale rivestimento riesco a cucinare cibi con pochissimo olio. Qualche volta la lavo in lavastoviglie, ma spesso anche a mano, date le dimensioni molto generose e dopo sei mesi è ancora intatta, fondo, interno, manico, tutto perfetto!A marzo 2017 la presi in offerta a molto meno rispetto al prezzo attuale di vendita 51,50 euro (settembre 2017), se proprio non avete bisogno di questa da 30cm di diametro vi consiglio quella da da 26cm che attualmente costa 25,74, un ottimo prezzo!Allego alcune foto con i particolari di questa padella augurandomi di esservi stato utile per un eventuale acquisto, se avete dubbi o domande potete compilare il form sottostante o contattarmi via email.

Bella, molto bella, molto grande e pesante ma ne vale la pena. rifiniture eccellenti, prezzo eccezionale quello pagato da me.

Bien emballéJe possède d'autres ustensiles de cuisson de grande taille mais pas en céramique (cuisson sans nécessité de matière grasse)Tout les convives sont servis en même temps, bien sûr les plaques ou feux de cuisson adaptés sont nécessaires

Achetée car ne contient aucune substance nocive.Utilisée sur de l’inductionDes les premières grillades, la poêle était tachée et impossible depuis de la ravoir. Pourtant elle n’était jamais passée au lave vaisselle, à été decrasser avec de l’eau qu’on à faut chauffe dedans, le revêtement à été nourri avec de l’huile...Bref la grosse déception. Mais depuis on la met au lave vaisselle, et on a oublié de nourrir le revetement, et bien ce n’est pas pire.Elle a globalement une plus longue vie que nos tefal (8 mois d’utilisation, et n’accroché toujours pas)Autre deception: le fait que la poignée ne soit pas ingenio.

J'ai utilisé cette poêle pour cuire de la viande avec huile et sans huile et ça glissait tellement que j'ai eu du mal à prendre la viande avec les baguettes. Cette poêle est vraiment anti-adhèrente, je n'ai plus besoin de mettre de l'huile pour cuire mes aliments avec cette poêle. J'en suis très satisfaite.